Celebration

A few Friday's ago we had one of our best dinners. I knew that many of our regulars would be out of town or not able to make it for one reason or another. I was expecting it to be a small crowd. Well, we know God sometimes shatters our expectations and that's exactly what he did that Friday night. The whole team was encouragement, despite having about 10-12 regulars missing; we had 10 new visitors and a crowd of about 30! It was also a great night because we celebrated Scott's 4 years of sobriety. We had a cake for Scott and he shared a few words. Scott was thankful that he could share the celebration with his church! Then it dawned on me that we are already a church and not just people who are hoping to start one…it's already started! At the end of the night a bunch of us from the launch team gathered together for prayer. It was a night we all needed, especially myself because this work of church planting can be incredibility discouraging, but we know that God is faithful.